Clara (Cuqui) Nicola - Cuban guitarist and professor.
Clara (Cuqui) Nicola (22 March 1926[1] – 14 July 2017) was a prominent Cuban guitarist and professor.[2]
Academic background
Clara (Cuqui) Nicola studied guitar with her mother Clara Romero de Nicola, a renowned guitarist and founder of the modern Cuban Guitar School, and graduated at the Municipal Conservatory of Havana.[2][3] She also participated under her mother’s direction in the activities of the “Sociedad Infantil de Bellas Artes”, junior branch of the cultural organization “Pro-Arte Musical.”.[2][4]
Work
After the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Clara (Cuqui) Nicola collaborated with her brother Isaac Nicola and other guitarists and professors, such as Marta Cuervo, in the implementation of a unified method for all the music schools in Cuba. She made a valuable contribution to the development of a national pedagogic system for the guitar.[3][5]
Cuqui Nicola died on July 14, 2017, after suffering a Cardiac arrest. She was 91.[9] She died on the 20th anniversary of her brother Isaac Nicola's death.
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^La Guitarra de Pro-Arte Musical: una herencia identitaria cultural. Irina Pacheco Valera. [1]
^Ramirez, Marta Maria. Cuba: The Cuban Guitar School. SEMlac reports 7. "SEMlac Reports 7". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
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